Syllabus Resources, with Angela Jenks

Angela Jenks on episode 289 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

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Quotes from the episode

The farther you get in a field, the more differently you read.
-Angela Jenks

Looking for open education resources is always good, no matter what field you are in.
-Angela Jenks

I think the most important thing is thinking about the syllabus from a student’s perspective.
-Angela Jenks

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Resources Mentioned

Angela Jenks, UCI anthropology, earns an Academic Senate award for teaching in a field she almost didn’t pursue

• Angela’s Twitter thread about syllabi

What information to include in syllabus?

• Creating Your Syllabus from University of Michigan

When will your class meet?

• Generic Syllabus Maker from Caleb McDaniel

Remember the holidays

• Holiday tool from the University of Iowa

How much reading should you assign?

• Course Workload Estimator from Rice University Center for Teaching Excellence

How much do the books/course materials cost?

• Open access textbooks
• Suny – open textbooks
• Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
• University of California Luminos

How many works are written by women, people of color, or other marginalized authors?

• Resources for decanonizing anthropology

Is your syllabus accessible?

• Accessible Syllabus website
• Zoë Wool

Conduct a more detailed self-assessment of inclusion in your syllabus and course design with this survey

• Inclusion By Design: Survey Your Syllabus and Course Design

Include a statement on access and inclusion

• Check Your Syllabus 101: Disability Access Statements

Include a basic needs statement

• Basic Needs Security and the Syllabus, by Sara goldrick-Rab

Give a quiz on your syllabus, or make it interactive

• Interactive Syllabus from Angela Jenks
• Interactive Syllabus from George F. McHendry, Jr.
• Perusall
• Qualtrix
• Hypothesis

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